Bob Yeager

After his release from prison, notorious ex-con and moonshine distiller Gator McKlusky moves in with his father in a cabin in the Okefenokee Swamp. His bootlegging plans are cut short, however, when a federal agent tells McKlusky that he will lose custody of his 9-year-old daughter unless he helps bring down local crime lord Bama McCall. McKlusky enlists the help of reporter Aggie Maybank and a few local eccentrics to bring down McCall's empire.

The body of teenager Gloria Hollinger is found dead on a Los Angeles beach, and Lt. Phil Gaines is in charge of the investigation. Gaines learns that the girl, a stripper and prostitute, committed suicide, but he ignores the connection between her and a powerful mob lawyer, Leo Sellers. Hollinger's father, however, is not satisfied with Gaines's results, and attempts to investigate the case on his own.

組織の大物や悪党など、法の目をかいくぐってきた犯罪者たちが次々と何者かに殺されていく。サンフランシスコ市警のハリー・キャラハン刑事は、射撃大会で優勝を争った白バイ警官デイヴィスと3人の仲間が犯人であることを突き止めるが、彼らは法に代わって制裁を行っているだけだと主張。ハリーの協力が得られないと知るや、今度はハリーの命までを狙うようになる。友人の警官や、相棒である黒人刑事スミスまで犠牲になるに及び、ついにハリーは上司であるブリッグスに全てを明らかにしようとするのだが…。